NTSB investigations: Champion 7KCAB, CO

11 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Champion 7KCAB. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19702026
NTSB investigations: Champion 7KCAB, CO per year, 1970–2026: 11 cases
19702
19711
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19811
19851
19871
19921
19981
20061
20101

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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'CO' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('21101P3'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB CEN10LA198Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAmerican Champion 7KCAB · Greeley, COAn in-flight failure of the wing fabric for undetermined reasons.Feb 23, 2010 · N5065X · Substantial damageNTSB DEN06FA107Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportAmerican Champion 7KCAB · Winter Park, COThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed to avoid a stall while maneuvering at a low altitude in mountainous terrain. Factors associated with the accident are the pilot's performance of a low altitude flight maneuver, an inadvertent stall/spin, and…Jul 30, 2006 · N5232X · DestroyedNTSB FTW98LA094Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7KCAB · Leadville, COThe failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors were a sudden windshift from a headwind to a quartering tailwind, and the snowbank.Jan 10, 1998 · N5275X · Substantial damageNTSB DEN93LA014Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7KCAB · Boulder, COUndetermined.Dec 2, 1992 · N2751G · Substantial damageNTSB DEN87LA063Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7KCAB · Erie, COAcft lifted off at slow airspeed and stalled/mushed back to rwy.Mar 5, 1987 · N2629G · Substantial damageNTSB DEN86LA024Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7KCAB · Berthoud, COThe plt stated that he made 7-9 high speed taxies to pack the snow on the grass strip, aborting mid-strip when flying speed was not attained. On the final run, the plt said the acft again failed to reach flying speed and decided to abort mid-strip. The plt…Nov 17, 1985 · N1832G · Substantial damageNTSB DEN82FTE09Accident · 1 fatalClosedAeronca 7KCAB · Morrison, CONov 14, 1981 · N6340N · Substantial damageNTSB DEN73DTE33Accident · No injuriesClosedChampion 7KCAB · Salida, COOct 14, 1972 · N5270X · Substantial damageNTSB DEN71DTE07Accident · No injuriesClosedChampion 7KCAB · Breckenridge, COJun 6, 1971 · N7522F · Substantial damageNTSB DEN70DXD23Accident · No injuriesClosedChampion 7KCAB · Fountain, COApr 7, 1970 · N7572F · Substantial damageNTSB DEN70DXD21Accident · No injuriesClosedChampion 7KCAB · Pueblo, COApr 5, 1970 · N7572F · Substantial damage